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02 Jun 2026

10 Best Drama Play Anthologies Books

#1 Best Pick
The Best Plays of 1941-42: And the Year Book of the Drama in America (Classic Reprint)

The Best Plays of 1941-42: And the Year Book of the Drama in America (Classic Reprint)

Brand: Forgotten Books
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#2 Best Value
The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998

The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998

Brand: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
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#3 Budget Pick
Scenes & Monologs from the Best New Plays: An Anthology of New Dramatic Writing from Professionally Produced American Plays

Scenes & Monologs from the Best New Plays: An Anthology of New Dramatic Writing from Professionally Produced American Plays

Brand: Pioneer Drama Service
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#4 Top Choice
Shakespeare for Every Night of the Year

Shakespeare for Every Night of the Year

Brand: Batsford
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#5 Popular Choice
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

Brand: Penguin
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#6 Top Pick
The Best Scenes for Kids Ages 7-15

The Best Scenes for Kids Ages 7-15

Brand: Applause Books
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  • The Best Scenes for Kids Ages 7-15 Applause Acting Series Series Softcover Written by Lawrence Harbison
  • The Best Scenes for Kids Ages 7-15 contains 50 challenging scenes for kids by some of our finest playwrights
  • All have subject matter appropriate for production in schools, much of it serious and challenging, which will interest child performers without offending administrators, teachers or parents
  • Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (no laughs), some are seriocomic (some laughs)
  • There are scenes here by veteran playwrights such as Don Nigro, Jenny Lyn Bader, Eric Coble, Constance Congdon, Arleen Hutton, Jack Neary, Kermit Frazier and Carlos Murillo, and by exciting up-and-comers such as Cassandra Lewis, Reina Hardy, Deanna Alisa Ableser, Martha Patterson, Mark Lambeck and Merridith Allen
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#7 Top Pick
Best Plays of 2015, the

Best Plays of 2015, the

Brand: Applause Books
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  • The Best Plays of 2015 Applause Books Series Softcover
  • Featured in this year's volume: ยท Barbecue by Robert O'Hara - a wildly inventive new play that proves family can be a bigger vice than any other addiction
  • ยท New Country by Mark Roberts - a rowdy, raucous rodeo and a New York Times Critics Pick
  • ยท Lost Girls by John Pollono - a hard-hitting working-class drama about people struggling to redefine family
  • Plus three more of the most innovative and enjoyable plays to hit the stage in 2015! Featured in this year's volume: ยท Barbecue by Robert O'Hara - a wildly inventive new play that proves family can be a bigger vice than any other addiction
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#8 Top Pick
The Best Plays of 1926-27: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

The Best Plays of 1926-27: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

Brand: Tradd Street Press
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#9 Top Pick
The Best Plays of 1922-23: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

The Best Plays of 1922-23: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

Brand: Tradd Street Press
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#10 Top Pick
The Best Plays of 1923-24: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

The Best Plays of 1923-24: And the Year Book of the Drama in America

Brand: Tradd Street Press
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